Senior Software Engineer (Banking)

Senior Software Engineer (Banking)

Posted 2 days ago by Vallum Associates

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£60 Per hour
Undetermined
Hybrid
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Application Programming Interface (API) Auditing Standards AWS Identity And Access Management (IAM) Banking Change Management Cloud Computing Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Technology Computer Science Containerisation Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Cyber Security Database Schema Data Security DevOps Docker (Software) External Auditing Finance Gitlab Go (Programming Language) golang Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Jenkins Liquibase Management Python (Programming Language) RESTful API Root Cause Analysis Software Engineering Terraform Version Control

Summary: The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining backend REST API services and frontend clients using Python and Golang, while ensuring compliance and security standards. The position requires collaboration with various teams to manage cloud infrastructure and optimize performance. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly with large-scale distributed systems, and a strong understanding of DevOps practices. The role is based in Sheffield, Birmingham, or Edinburgh with a hybrid working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python, Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services.
  • Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, focusing on traceability and regulatory controls.
  • Manage, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS, ensuring resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security.
  • Collaborate closely with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements.
  • Support live systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.

Key Skills:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
  • Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience.
  • 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems.
  • Proficient in Golang or Python.
  • Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, including cloud-native services, networking, IAM, and cost optimization.
  • Experience with other cloud providers such as GCP is desirable.
  • Proven experience with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and containerization.
  • Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems.
  • Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills; ability to communicate complex information effectively.
  • A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes.

Salary (Rate): £60.00/hr

City: Sheffield

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Location : Sheffield / Birmingham / Edinburgh (onsite 3 days / week)

Responsibilities will include:

  • Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python , Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services .
  • Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase , ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, with a focus on traceability and regulatory controls.
  • Manage, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS , ensuring resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security.
  • Collaborate closely with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements.
  • Support live systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.

Qualifications and experience

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
  • Comes from Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience.
  • 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems.
  • Proficient in Golang or Python .
  • Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS , including cloud-native services, networking, IAM, and cost optimization.
  • Experience with other cloud providers such as GCP is desirable.
  • Proven experience with DevOps practices , including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and containerization.
  • Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems.
  • Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.
  • A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.
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